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1 | config UFS_FS |
2 | tristate "UFS file system support (read only)" | |
3 | depends on BLOCK | |
4 | help | |
5 | BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, | |
6 | OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V | |
7 | Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using | |
8 | this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from | |
9 | these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the | |
10 | experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the | |
11 | file <file:Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt> for more information. | |
12 | ||
13 | The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is | |
14 | READ-ONLY supported. | |
15 | ||
16 | Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a | |
17 | good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes | |
18 | (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man | |
19 | tar" or preferably "info tar"). | |
20 | ||
21 | When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the | |
22 | NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program | |
23 | recode ("info recode") for this purpose. | |
24 | ||
25 | To compile the UFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the | |
26 | module will be called ufs. | |
27 | ||
28 | If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N. | |
29 | ||
30 | config UFS_FS_WRITE | |
31 | bool "UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)" | |
32 | depends on UFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL | |
33 | help | |
34 | Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is | |
35 | experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand. | |
36 | ||
37 | config UFS_DEBUG | |
38 | bool "UFS debugging" | |
39 | depends on UFS_FS | |
40 | help | |
41 | If you are experiencing any problems with the UFS filesystem, say | |
42 | Y here. This will result in _many_ additional debugging messages to be | |
43 | written to the system log. |